The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-03-03
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We. the undsrsigned, your pstitiOasrs- sacl
being resi3eni tax payer o
Saline county, On the state 81 kansas
respectfully petition your hoh0Fable body % sub
nit 70 the qualified electors of said county foi
their accspiahec or rejection, e. special eleciiou
70 b oreerec by your hpnorahle BODY under and
IN Pursuance q the laws Of the state Of kan-as
and the Act entitled A q Act 70 enable COUNTIES
railroads, and % repeal seeii9n eight Of chapter
thiity-nine Of the laws Of is7f approved February
25ih. 1873, and the EmeEduenia theruto, the fel
loving proposition, With the terms and conliions
herein specified. tO-wii; shall the said county q
Saline, IN the State Of kansas. subscribe for fFt
hundred and sixty sharss, u one hundred aoiltri
each, Of the capital stock % The Chicsgo. Kansas
4 NebnskE Raiiuay Company, AMI GA payment
therefor issue 20 sid railway company iftY-Ul
of the bonds Of SAID c1untT of th-
Determination Of One thousand Dollars each, or =
many thereof not exceeding said nunber - sbaf
amount 10 not exceeding four Thousand Dollar
per mile for raea mile Of railroad constructed n
said county by said railway company: said bonds o
be be 70 the bearer AZ the hseai agency OF ID
stale of Kansas In New York CITY, twenty year
alier the date thereof bearing interest az the rat
Of SIX per cen. per annum, interest pavahie semi
annually. Tor Which interest coupons .hall y
attached. payable a. the fseal agencv aforeziid
this subscription o. stoeE and issue of bonds helms
upon the following cuudi lions namely. A so..r
as said proposition shall be detrrmined 10 the
Affirmative by canvass of the votes east a. such b
election the board Of county commissioners o
aid county Of saline Cor and on behalf Of said
county shall order the county eierk
10 make and the county elek shall sk, ssid s,ti,-
scription In the name Of said county FOR "a
ave hundred and sixty shares Of capital siock ol
said railway company. And when the railrusd OF
said railuay con uany shall be built and CON-
pleted and shall Be IN operation under lease ui
Otherwise from point on the east or south line o.
said county, 70 the city Of saiina in said eounty
then said board Of county commissioner
attached as Aforesaid to Be Issued IN the name d
said county Of Saline. and shan deliver the same
70 said railway company on delivery or tender "a
the county treasurer Of said county of cert hcats
for said shares Of the ful paid capital stock Of said
railway company equal in amOnnt with aaid bonds
dollar for dollar
Provided said railroad shall be buiit and com
peied and IN operation, By lease OF otherwise, as
A. ID. l5S5. The form Of the ballofs 70 be used Al
said election shall be. "For the suhscriptio ion Of
stock a1d issue Of bonds TO the Chicago, Kansas a
Nehraska Railway Company" and Against the
subscription Of stock and issue Of bonds 20 the
Chicago. Kansas & Nebraska Railway Obmpany. -
And, where's, upon the presentation and con-
EideratiOn Of sid petition, aud the hearing Of the
proof IN respect 70 the matters ana things therein
contained. said board found that said petition
vas signed By more than tWo-ffths OF the resident
tax payers Of said county. aud that sid petition
vas In al respects 10 due form Of Law, and thar
the conditions therein contained were sufficient
10 protect the Interests Of said county and there
upon duly made an order granting the pruyer o.
said petition. and ordering that special election
be held AZ the usual and established pisces Of VOi-
ing In each voting precinct IN said county on tho
2sth day Of March, lseI, 70 determine whether
the sa:d county shall subscribe 70 ave hundred
and sixty shares Of the capital stock Of said com-
pzny, and issue hfty-siz bonds Of the denOmina-
ton Of one thousand dollars each, uf said county
10 said company In payment therefor. on the terms
and conditions set out In said petition; and Il vas
further ordtred By SAID board that in the event
that q majority Of the voters voting a said elec
tion sast their ballots IN favor Of said proposition
and vote 10 subscribe aid Eve hundred and SIXTY
n al afnrk nd q
six bonds IN payment therefor, then the county
clerk Of said county shall forth Elth for and on
behalf OF, and 10 the name Of said county sub
scribe 70 nTe hundred and sixty shares OF the
capital siocE Of said company; and Il was by SAID
hoard further ordered that ii said railway con-
pany shah fully comply With the conditions Of
said subscription, then the chairman Of said board
and the county clerk Of said county shall duly
iasne % said company said bonds Of said county ~
the sum, snd TO the tenor and eject IN said petit
tion stated.
And Il vas By said board further ordered that
the l0ls TO Be used a. such election should be IN
the form designated In sad petition and thai the
sheriff Of said county duly make aRd issue he
proclamation for the holding Of such spsfial eiec
nated, and that said sheriff give due ard lrgiI
uotice Of said election for thirty DAYS a. proFii
by law. and In said proclamation give The suh-
stance Of said order; said notice % be published
in the SALINE COUNTY JOURNAL, a weekly news
paperprinted and published IN he city of sailua.
In the county of Saline. aud 10 general circulation
And IL was b. said board further ordered that
said election be held and returns m ide, and The
result ascertaned and deelsrei, In al respects ~
provided by Law.
Done BY the beard OF county commissioners o.
the county Of saline sta;c Of kansas. this esl
day OF ofFebrnary, A. p lss7.
The board Of couuty commissioners of the
county Of saline.
ANsON MILLER, Chairman.
a. l. DOUGE.
). W. BURKE.
Members sad nsaId.
Attest; JOSEPH SARGENT,
lskAL. ounty Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS,
County Of saline
I. Joseph Sargent, couuiy Cloik o. ,aii county
OF Saline, do hereby certify that ihc above ard
foregoing Is fall aud corrrci copy IN every par
iieular Of the order made BY the board Of conaiy
commissioners Of said county. In the matter ihrT-
In named, at q special meeting Of aaii tesul duiF
held az my once, On the ciiy Of Salina he countT
seat Of said county, on the 2lst day Of February,
ID. 1857. which order was duly entered o. rrclri
Of proceeding of the board of county r1mrnis-
sionera Of saline county. state % k-Esas
In testimony whereof hare herruntu set my
hand as county clerk nnd ahixc'l thr seal of saii
county At my oisee in the city Of salina ia siti
county and State. this I'D Lay Of February, A.
D. 1851.
IsEAI-l county ClsrF.
Now, therefor, I, W. ". Bartlett, sheriff of
lr NeI1AI VI lAAAfs aA-le u nAhsatH ~ NANaAE OF
he authority In ne By Law vested. ana D pursu-
lncs Of the above recited order OF said huEul Of
'Junty commissioners, do hereby make ruhlie
and give notice, thai fpeciai else
ion win be held IN said county 90 the usual and
established places Of voting 10 each voting grr-
inct IN aid county on the
ssh day Of March, 4 D., 1857,
D determine uhether said county shall make
uch subscription Of stock and shall issue 10 psy-
aent therefor the bonds of said county on the |
erns and tondiiions 81 out iu said peiiiion aud
uch electicn shall in all respects, Be- CONDUCTED
eclared, IN the manner provided b law ior grn-
rai elections.
10 witness whereof, T. ". ". Bartiefi. sheriT 1
saline county, state Of Ksusas have hereuu.o /
q my hand 81 the city Of SaiinA, this 22l day i
iFs5ruary, A. D ls5.
Wv. BARTLETT.
sheriff Of Saline County. /